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BBC One — styled BBC1 and BBC-1 until 1997 — is a Britishtelevision channel launched on 2 November 1936. It has been considered the "main" BBC terrestrial television channel in the United Kingdom since it was created by the devolution of BBC tv into BBC1 and BBC2.

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Doctor Who premiered on the BBC in 1963 with An Unearthly Child. During broadcast of the fifth storyline, The Keys of Marinus, the BBC launched a new network, BBC Two. Beginning with the third episode of Marinus, "The Screaming Jungle", Doctor Who was said to air on BBC One.

BBC One continued to air Doctor Who through Season 26 in 1989. BBC One also aired the Doctor Who TV movie in 1996. Upon its 2005 return with Series 1 onwards, it was once again broadcast on BBC One.

Invasion of the Bane, the first episode (also referred to as the pilot) of The Sarah Jane Adventures, aired on BBC One in January 2007. The subsequent series aired on CBBC, a spin-off network, but were later replayed by BBC One, usually a week later.